One not-so-small auction, one giant opportunity for horophiles. RR Auction’s Space Exploration and Aviation sale, which is running online until April 25, surprisingly includes astronaut Richard Gordon’s ultra-rare gold Omega Speedmaster among nearly 400 pieces of less glamorous but undeniably important machinery, paperwork, and memorabilia. NASA declared the Speedmaster Professional “flight-qualified for all manned space missions” in 1965, after which the chronograph became an essential part of each astronaut’s space kit. In July of 1969, the Speedmaster famously became the first watch worn on the Moon as Neil ... (full story)